Here you will find news about The “Good Tourism” Blog’s Partners and friends in Asia (including the Middle East) — especially their sustainable tourism and/or responsible travel activities — plus “Good news in tourism” and coverage of Asian travel & tourism industry events to which “GT” is invited or otherwise involved. Ad hoc sponsored news posts are also very welcome.
Before December 2019, “GT” would summarise under-reported news stories or thought-provoking feature articles about or of importance to Asia by non-industry media. The sources were well-attributed and linked. Any content republished in full was available rights-free for that purpose from the likes of The Conversation or the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The children of migrant workers in Goa, India are increasingly exploited for sex by domestic and foreign tourists, according to a report. And tourism industry stakeholders should adopt a child-friendly code — perhaps The Code? A research report, Walking the tightrope: Exploitation of migrant children in Tourism in Goa, says tourism has contributed […]
Read More Is child sex tourism on the rise in Goa, India?
India’s Kerala state government will put responsible tourism in “mission mode” to cover all tourism destinations in addition to focusing on infrastrusture […]
Read More Kerala responsible tourism in “mission mode”
Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry conducted a focus group discussion on sustainable tourism statistics last week, according to two reports coming out of Jakarta at the weekend. Sustainable Tourism Development Working Group head I Gede Ardika said the discussion was about Indonesia’s presentation of its recommendations at an upcoming conference in Manila, Philippines. The 6th International Conference […]
Read More Indonesia tackles lies, damned lies, & sustainable tourism statistics?
While inaugurating the Nallamala Jungle Camp, a community-based ecotourism initiative, Deputy Chief Minister K E Krishnamurthy of Andhra Pradesh state in India hailed the Chenchu people for preserving their culture and identity. This feel-good start to a May 11 news story by The Hans India gets better; Chenchu members will teach visitors to Nallamala Jungle […]
Read More In India, where tigers are neighbours
The newly-constituted Uttarakhand Ecotourism Corporation will soon start work on developing five inclusive ecotourism circuits in the Indian state, according to reports. This is the first step toward Swadesh Darshan, a central government scheme to boost tourism throughout the country by linking the sector with villagers’ livelihoods. In the first stage the five circuits would […]
Read More Inclusive ecotourism projects piloted in Uttarakhand, India
Property developers and realtors should become advocates of a sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient tourism industry, according to Philippines Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon T Teo speaking at a real estate industry awards event in Makati last week. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines sustainable tourism as “tourism that takes full account of its current and future […]
Read More Philippines’ real estate should back sustainable tourism: Teo